Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 9 Entries. Friday, July 23 View Page This is my 1552 Young plant. It looks beautiful, is DAP 25, and adding 30 pounds a day. It has a number of secondaries (4 on one side, and 2 on the other) that have some weird splitting and swelling happening. I will try to detail this below.   Friday, July 23 View Page 1552 Young is 221 inches OTT for a total of about 250 lbs on DAP 25.   Saturday, July 24 View Page Today I noticed this weirdness happening on the vines next to the stump. These are splits in the vine, with some odd puffiness coming out. It’s not foaming, because it isn’t wet. It’s almost totally dry, and you can’t scrape it away, because it’s a solid part of the vine. The only way to remove it is to cut it with a sharp knife. It’s a solid material.   Saturday, July 24 View Page Another spot. I probably have this in 15 or places across the older vine. Older vines only. There is no leaf wilt. They look healthy. And the pumpkin is adding 30 pounds a day.   Saturday, July 24 View Page I think it starts with a dry split in the vine, like this.   Saturday, July 24 View Page Then this…   Saturday, July 24 View Page Then this. Again, totally solid. A part of the vine. No gross wet foam that’s indicative of a borer.   Saturday, July 24 View Page All that said, I did see this borer in that area of the patch today and I know they’re out there. I spray imadclorapid weekly with Tal Star. The plant should kill them if it’s borers. Anybody have ideas of what I’m dealing with?   Saturday, July 24 View Page Problem solved everyone. It’s SVB. Off to cut, extract, peroxide, and Captan. And spray like crazy. Huge Lesson: just because you systemic and topical spray doesn’t mean you can’t get SVB. And also, be vigilant — this damage wasn’t there 48 hours ago. Also — there was no saw dust, or foam, or even wetness. It was dry and firm to the touch. Weird, but there it is. Thank you for your help and consideration!